Sunday, September 18, 2011

House fire – not plane crash – sends Fort Erie firefighters scrambling

FORT ERIE – Emergency crews in Fort Erie rushed to the scene of a house fire after receiving a mistaken report that a small plane had crashed in a neighborhood near Town Hall.

When firefighters arrived at 987 Scott Ave., they found a single-family home fully engulfed in flames.  Fortunately, the lone occupant of the residence was helped to safety by a passerby who saw smoke and entered the home to alert the person.  No one was injured as a result of the fire, which could easily have been a tragedy if it was not for the actions of the Good Samaritan, police say.

An official at the scene speculated the person who placed the original 911 call likely saw a small plane descending behind trees to make a landing at a nearby private airstrip about the same time smoke began billowing into the sky from the fire scene.

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